Max Verstappen hinted that he might stop racing after his Red Bull contract expires in 2028. When asked what his plans were after his long-term contract with the Austrian team expired, the Dutchman replied that he was more than happy to stay with the team. However, he also said that he might stop racing in F1 altogether after 2028 since he would have been in the sport for 14 years already and might have stopped enjoying it.
He said:
“I’m not planning on changing teams. I’m happy here and they are happy with me. But I haven’t made up my mind what I will do after 2028. I might stop. I have been in Formula 1 since I was 17. It’s been a long time. I’ve done a lot of seasons in F1.”
He added:
“I may want to do different stuff. By 31, I don’t know whether I will have peaked or where the drop-off in performance may have occurred.”
The reigning world champion also dropped hints of moving on to other racing categories, including endurance racing, which does not require as much travel as F1. Max Verstappen left it slightly open-ended as he said it was difficult to predict what he would be doing so far in the future.
He said:
“I want to do other types of races — endurance racing, for example. Maybe I will have had enough of traveling all the time. Maybe I will want an easier life and just to do the races I like. Whenever an opportunity comes to win a championship, you want to take it. If I’m in a fight in 2028 it may be stupid to suddenly stop. It’s difficult to know.”
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